My dog likes homemade bread

[Major Nikon]

Last night my dog nabbed his 2nd loaf of my bread. I left it on the kitchen island to cool and I came back later to find it missing. I first assumed that perhaps my wife had taken it to work or perhaps my kids had gotten to it, but after interrogating the usual suspects and finding a pile of bread crumbs under the dining room table it became evident what had happened. This dog normally has no issues with getting up on the table or counters and I've never had to worry about it before. After the first loaf he made off with I just assumed that perhaps he had yet to be fed for the day. After the second loaf I now realize my dog can't resist homemade bread.

[elleng]

1. Who CAN resist it?

Lemme know next time you're baking???

[Major Nikon]

2. Lately I've been baking almost every day, so come over anytime

My recipe that I use the most is basically the same as the NY Times no-knead recipe. I have another batch of dough fermenting for tomorrow.

[elleng]

3. Where you at, Major??? ;-)

That no-knead was very popular, among our Cooking & Banking group, a while ago.

[Major Nikon]

5. I live in North Texas

Dr. Fankhauser's Pane Rustico is essentially the same thing.
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Cheese/Pane_Rustica/Pane_Rustica.html

I make it the same way, except I proof it inside the dutch oven. I haven't noticed any difference in the outcome.

[elleng]

6. Prolly can't get there,

but that's prolly a good thing; too many carbs, and I'd prolly do what dog did!!!

[Major Nikon]

12. Next best thing

Here is today's loaf fresh out of the oven. Still cracking...

[elleng]

13. OH! BEAUTIFUL!

HIDE IT!!!

[Catherina]

23. Ohhhhhhhh, that's beautiful

I can taste the lovely holes and crunchy crust from here.

That's from four and a half hours’ rising? I'm amazed. Thanks for posting the recipe link in post 20. I'm so excited to try this shorter version!

Don't let your dog eat it all! My dog does the same. He stole a whole loaf a few weeks ago. I was so furious but it's impossible to really get mad at them.

That's just scrumptious.

[Major Nikon]

24. No, I always let it rise overnight

It usually gets 12 hours rising time and sometimes more depending on when I start proofing it.

[Catherina]

25. Ah ok

I'm sorry I got confused.

Did you try his 4 1/2 hr mentioned here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/dining/08mini.html?_r=1 ?

I used the classic no-knead method a lot and loved it. Your bread photo got me so invigorated I want to try it in the dutch oven today.
Can you walk me through what you do?

I mix, let rise overnight a first time in a bowl loosely covered with saran wrap, then turn it out in baguette molds and let rise again before baking.

Is the only real difference that you proof it in a dutch oven then bake with the lid off for only 20 minutes?

I don't want to miss something and then be all disappointed when my bread doesn't look like yours.

My dog would be disappointed too!

[Major Nikon]

26. I basically use my own shortcut method

The original recipe has you proof the bread on a tea towel and then plop it into a hot dutch oven when you're ready to bake.

My method is pretty much the same as the original, however instead of proofing on a tea towel, I just proof inside a room temperature dutch oven for a couple of hours. I haven't found much advantage to the hot dutch oven method mentioned in the first recipe.

[Catherina]

27. Ok, I'm going to try this tonight and bake tomorrow

Then I'll pray the dogs don't beat me to it!

Thanks for all your help.

[GentryDixon]

16. I started this bread

last night & finished today. What a wonderful, crunchy loaf of bread. Yum.

Thanks for passing it on.

[csziggy]

14. Have we gone elitist" "Cooking & Banking group"?

[elleng]

15. Duh!?

[KC]

7. Oh yum

Not only can I just taste it but I can
smell it baking in the oven too. There
is nothing better!

[fadedrose]

19. Do you have a link to this recipe...thanks..nt

[Major Nikon]

20. Sure

Here is the original, which has been extremely popular with bakers...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html

As if the original recipe wasn't easy enough, a couple of years later they published this variation which is closer to what I do...

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/faster-no-knead-bread/

Personally I bake with the lid off for only 20 minutes instead of 30. If you want to be a bit more precise and you own an instant read thermometer, the internal temperature of the bread should be around 205 degrees, give or take a few degrees and the crust should be nicely browned.

These recipes lend themselves very well to experimentation, which means if you want to use different types of flour or yeast, you can very easily by just slightly adjusting the ratio of liquid to flour. As long as you follow the basic principle that the dough should be very moist during the fermentation stage, it's hard to go wrong.

[fadedrose]

21. Thank you

Not good at bread-making. Once I made it and did something wrong and it turned out good. That was the only time....



Thank you.

[cbayer]

4. Bad dog! This would make me cry.

[shireen]

8. a dog story without a photo?

Awww ... naughty doggie. Probably really cute too.

[Major Nikon]

9. Here's a couple I've posted in the photography group

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He really is a good dog. This is really the only discipline problem I've had with him so I can't complain too much. I almost never feed him people food, so I haven't done anything to encourage him. I think that he just can't resist fresh bread. I'm just going to have to keep it out of his reach.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10361295

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10362511

[HappyMe]

10. Aaw!

What a sweetie!

[shireen]

22. handsome boy!

BC are such wonderful characters.

[HopeHoops]

11. EVERYBODY likes homemade bread!!!

Even our rabbit eats it.

On Edit: so do the hermit crabs.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Dogs really do seem to like bread and who can resist homemade?! ;)

When I was first working, I had KFC for the first time, since my co-workers ordered some. When I got home, I offered my dog some of their chicken, and she wasn't interested, but she sat up for the biscuit I didn't eat.

And my friend tried an experiment, offered his dog a choice between a piece of meat and a bit of bread, and she chose the bread everytime. They must know something that we don't. My cocker spaniel couldn't resist rye...

[hedgehog]

18. My dogs love home made bread, but turn up their noses

at store bought!